Lexic.us

Definition of Skimming

1. Noun. The act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid.

2. Noun. Reading or glancing through quickly.

3. Noun. Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it.

4. Noun. The act of brushing against while passing.

Definition of Skimming

1. n. The act of one who skims.

Definition of Skimming

1. Verb. (present participle of skim) ¹

2. Noun. Something skimmed from a surface etc. ¹

3. Noun. A motion or action that skims. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skimming

1. something that is skimmed from a liquid [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skimming

skimboarder skimboarders skimboarding skimboards skimcoat skimelton skimmable skimmed skimmed-milk skimmed milk

skimmel skimmer skimmers skimmia skimmias skimming (current term) skimmingly skimmings skimmington skimmingtons

skimmy skimo skimobile skimobiled skimobiles skimobiling skimos skimp skimp and save skimp over

Literary usage of Skimming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reading Process by William Anton Smith (1922)
"The junior high school period would seem to offer an excellent starting point, the pupil being led gradually from rapid silent reading to skimming. ..."

2. The Reading Process by William Anton Smith (1922)
"The junior high school period would seem to offer an excellent starting point, the pupil being led gradually from rapid silent reading to skimming. ..."

3. Principles and Practice of Butter-making: A Treatise on the Chemical and by George Lewis McKay (1908)
"By warming the milk to a high temperature and leaving it for some time, and then cooling quickly again to skimming temperature (90° F.) and separating, ..."

4. Silent and Oral Reading: A Practical Handbook of Methods Based on the Most by Clarence Robert Stone (1922)
"All of these types of skimming should be trained for in school; but care should be taken that pupils do not form the habit of skimming as a general practice ..."

5. American Foundry Practice: Treating of Loam, Dry Sand and Green Sand by Thomas Dyson West (1882)
"The gate shown is an improvement on the common skimming gate, as there is one more riser or dirt-catcher in it, into which the iron goes circling round, ..."

6. Scientific Butter-making by William H. Lynch (1883)
"The rule for skimming is when the cream ceases to rise, ... Where twice skimming is practised, this rule applies, of course, only to the second skimming. ..."

7. The Blast Furnace and the Manufacture of Pig Iron: An Elementary Treatise by Robert Forsythe (1913)
"Since it is about one-third of ihe specific gravity of the iron, it floats upon it, and can be easily separated by " skimming." skimming devices all include ..."

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